But since I knew we wouldn’t want to rush around, I book the cruise for 2pm, which means we had to reach by 1.30pm to exchange tickets and get ready for boarding. In case we got lost, we planned to reach there by 1pm, giving ourselves adequate buffer time if needed.

Since we were in no rush and we had to change apartment (to Gangnam area) the next day, we slept late and spent some time tidying up the room before we headed out. Ahjussi went to tabao pizza for breakfast!

Awesome Bulgogi Pizza! It is made from Korean beef which is premium beef!

So we were too lazy to think of lunch ideas and decided to head back to On the Grill to say goodbye to the Singaporean chef before we left Myeongdong area.

After lunch, we headed out. The tickets came with specific instructions on where to go, so we took the train and followed the instructions.

Screenshot of the confirmation email with instructions.

Thank goodness we decided to leave early. There were 2 interchanges we had to walk through and we GOT LOST! We got off at the wrong station because I didn’t zoom into the app to check which station we were supposed to alight at and assumed. Correct route: Myeongdong to Seoul Station, then to Gongdeok. I saw it as Hyochang instead of Gongdeok and WHOOPSIE! Thankful that Koreans are generally helpful and their signages were clear. Wasted 15min on getting lost!

At Exit 3 according to the instructions!

This stall greeted us. Smell really good but er… Not our kind of snack! Pupa and sea snails.

Left side is the train station exit. The right side is the path towards E-Land Cruise!

We spotted the signage after walking for a few minutes.

Head towards the river as per instructions.

See that tall building? That’s 63 Building. We didn’t have time to pop over, though.

Spotted a dock or something from far.

Looks right!

Yes, it is right!

Looking for the ticket counter.

Spotted a signage pointing to the ticket counter. It’s a FRIDAY and it is a hot afternoon, so there weren’t many people around.

So nice to capture humanless photos because it is usually crowded in the city!

Found the ticket counter!

They required us to fill up a form. I guess that is the ‘passenger list’.

There are fixtures with good photo opportunities!

I’m loving this photo! Meimei was cranky in her stroller so she didn’t want to take a photo with the boys.

Big Boy asked for a photo by himself 🙂

And Baby Oppa wanted one too.

How could we forget this cheeky Meimei? She’s enjoying the surroundings, pointing and yakking in baby talk.

Heading towards the dock. Lovely bridge. I think it lights up with pretty lights at night!

Another bridge with flowers instead.

In the air conditioned area waiting to board! There are F&B outlets here, so you can come early and have lunch here. We ordered iced drinks as the sun was really scorching that day.

The cruise arrived! It’s time to board!

Wondering why the cruise looks so familiar? Because it has been featured on popular dramas like You Who Came from the Stars (My Love from the Stars).

First thing that caught my eye once we boarded. Nursing room!

Clean, comfy, well ventilated & private!

Simple snack counter.

And looking out of the windows, we saw SEAGULLS!

Big Boy enjoying himself even before we start to move off!

Perks of coming on a weekday. So quiet!

We had the whole Level 1 (air con) to ourselves! They even had a singer perform live! And the only audience was a sleeping Meimei and me.

And Ahjussi spotted anchovies being sold at the snack booth so that you can feed the seagulls. 2,000 won per cup (around 10 large anchovies).

Finally moving off!

The lone passenger who is paying attention…

Travelling under the bridge!

Ahjussi trying to feed seagulls in the middle of NOWHERE. LOL!

Tried & tried but it doesn’t work this way!

Finally the staff demo to us. We were supposed to stand by the side of the cruise.

The very pretty and nice staff who entertained the boys! And she said my spoken Korean is very accurate! *ego boost* She also gave each of our kids a balloon! The kids were so happy with the balloons!

The upper deck of the cruise!

There’s a signage to inform tourists that you can feed the seagulls, but with anchovies only. Otherwise, the seagulls will be sick!

Feeding the seagulls really require a lot of patience and arm muscle. You have to hold your hand up up up and wait for them to zoom in! The video was sped up in the front part, then slow mo at the end for you to see clearly how the seagull comes here! It felt scary because I wondered if the seagull will bite my fingers off, but don’t worry! They are skilled and I didn’t even realized the anchovy was gone!

And just a tip: Do not wear sleeveless like I did. I was burnt like a lobster that day!

So after the cruise, we decided to stroll along the river. This park we are at is called Yeoeuido Han River Park

Stairs art at a rest area under the bridge. There are a lot of Ahjummas here having a picnic with their friends!

Tiles on the pillars of the bridge.

We walked a little and came across this! Paddle boats!

They provided life vests and have many sizes available for the whole family!

You can choose manual paddle boat or the electric boat at a higher price. Ahjussi chose the electric boat because he didn’t want to be the only one paddling. Meimei was asleep so I stayed on shore with her and chatted with the owner. He can speak Chinese very well.

Pricing information. It’s 40 minutes per round. Electric ones are 20,000 won while the manual ones are 15,000 won.

The boys enjoyed themselves. Paddling for 40 minutes would have driven Ahjussi insane, so please choose the electric one like he did. They totally enjoyed it though Baby Oppa was a little frightened.

Finally, Meimei woke up! It’s time to play in the vast park!

Loads of cute and unique structures for photos. The boys really enjoyed posing!

And how can we forget to let the little girl have some fun of her own? She loves chasing pigeons and when there’s a flock of them, she couldn’t resist! The video was made fast, otherwise, you will have a really long video to watch.

We actually intended to head back to the train station and move off from the park to find dinner as there wasn’t much around the park (all residential area).

We walked a little and I got mildly excited thinking I could bump into my fave celebs!

MBC!!!!! But too bad. Didn’t see any celebs at all.

Disappointed and hungry, I got tired and took a seat to rest. Then decided to ask Google for dinner suggestions around the area.

And something awesome popped up! It’s a NIGHT MARKET by the river, right at the park we were at! So we moved over to find the location of this night market.

Turn around and face the river, this is what you will see. Loads of people hanging around as there was a performance at the park that evening.

Turn left and walk towards the bridge.

Baby Oppa pointing the direction you should walk to.

Keep walking.

Go under the bridge.

Walk on.

And a little more.

You will see this water feature.

So this water feature is apparently very fun! Look at the daredevils!

This is the place!

Look out for this sign! We bought picnic mat for 4,000 won (you can get back 2,000 won if you return it). Settled the boys here and Ahjussi headed off to buy makan for us. I told him to get something for the boys first, then we can slowly find food for ourselves later.

Chillaxing and watching kites in the sky…

I know we looked strangely out of place but we chose a quiet spot. Who knew that just minutes after this photo, we were surrounded!

As the sun started to set, the skies turned dark and the atmosphere was so nice!

By the time we got all the food, it was so dark! Thankfully Ahjussi is like Doraemon! LOL! He dug into his pouch and out came a portable battery pack with a USB lamp!

A better shot of the boys 🙂

There’re so many food choices, we almost went insane. But thankfully, we saw online reviews and narrowed down our makan choices to a few items.

(1) Steak!(2) Pineapple Shrimps(3) Japanese steak rice for the boys

Too many beautiful photos to share, so do click and slowly browse through!

Cute little tents selling a variety of products!

Hand made head bands for dogs!

Couple rings!

Cute hand painted porcelain.

Miniature plants! But cannot bring back to SG.

Handmade toys

This is the super yummy Pineapple Shrimp from Big Island!

Yummy Steak!

This is where I bought the steak from! 8,000 won per serving.

This is the Pineapple Shrimp!

The queue was crazy long but moves fast since they only sell 1 food item and have quite a few staff.

Info counter if you need any help!

This steak rice was highly recommended too. Got this for the boys!

Look at that queue!

Not to forget… After our dinner, we came across an Ah Ma selling toys. And she showed the boys how to play it, so we purchased from her. I guess playing is the universal language. She explained in Korean, yet Baby Oppa totally understood what she was saying.

We were really happy with the accidental find for dinner! If you are heading to Seoul between March to October, we highly recommend that you try out the river cruise (we took the cruise to nowhere), the paddle boat, just stroll along the river and enjoy the beautiful park, then end off the day with a wonderful pasar malam style dinner by the river!

Note: Mummy Audrey runs her own online store, www.TLO.com.sg, while looking after her 3 kids ages 9yo, 5yo, and 1yo. Her business focuses on Korean baby products, thus she travels to Korea frequently to source for new and unique products to bring into Singapore.

Mummy Audrey and her children are available for product/service reviews as long as the products/services are not conflicting with her own products. Do contact her directly at audrey@TLO.com.sg if you are interested for her to review your product.